The Miles & Atwood Special is a racing aircraft developed during the interwar period
Development The Miles & Atwood Special is a single seat, low-wing, open cockpit, racing aircraft with conventional landing gear. It was built by Leon Atwood and Lee Miles.
The aircraft uses solid wood spars. Fabric was attached using a relatively new process using screws with fabric tape covering, rather than conventional rib-stitching. The aircraft raced with a green livery waxed to a high gloss. Lee Miles died when a flying wire broke in a 1937 qualifying race.
Operational history National Air Races - Set a world speed record for an aircraft under over course at . Won 1933 Greve Trophy Chicago Air Race - Straight Line speed record for aircraft with less than 375 cubic inch displacement of . In February 1934, the Miles & Atwood Special won the Shell Trophy Sixth place in 1935 Greve race
Specifications (Miles & Atwood Special)
References
Further reading Brown B-2 Racer, a follow-on aircraft by the same designer. External links